Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-05-01
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determined mouth.

the curious paliid face ~ .r-cUt,
determined mouth.
.sIfit were not for my eyes hair,
should be very ugly,n she said 70 herself
aloud .'If only / were beautiful like
Bessie, now.' The thought OF her sister
give her another idea What IL he wen
20 prefer Bessie? Now she thought Of
il, he had been very attentive to Bessie
A feeling Of dreadful doubt and jealousy
passed through her, for women like jess
know what jealousy is in its pain. Sup
posing that it was all in vain, snpposing
that what she had to-day given-given
with both hands once and for all, so that
she could not take il back, had been given
TO man who loved another woman, and
that woman her own dear sister? Sup
posing that the fate of her love was TO be
like water falling unalteringly on the hard
rock that heeds it not aud retain il not.
True the water wears rock away; but
could she be satisfied wnn that? She
could master him she she knew; even il
things were so, she could win him to her
self, she had reld il in his eyes that after
noon; hut could she, who had promised
her dead mother to cherish aud protect
her sister, whom till this afternoon she
had loved better than anything else in the
world, and whom she loved more dearly
than her life-could she, il it should hap
pen to be thus, rob that sister OF her lover?
And if it should be so, what would her
life be like? 1t would be hke'the great
pillar alter the lightning had smitten it, \
pile Of scattered, smoking fragments, a
very heaped. up debris of a life. She could
feel it even now. No wonder she sat there
upon the little white bed holding her hand
against her heart and feeling terribly
afraid.
Just then she heard Johns footstep in
the hall.
IL can't find her." he said, in an anxious
tone, 10 some one as she lose, taking her
candle with her, and left the room. The
light from the candle fell full upon his
face and dripping clothes. 1t was white
and anxious, and she was glad TO see the
anxiety.
''Oh, thank God! here you arew he said,
catching her hand. ~ began to think
you were quite lost. / have been right
down the Kloof after you, and got nasty
fall over it."
IL ID very SOOu vi Nou,
low voice, and again their eyes met, and
again the glance thrilled him. There was
such a wonderful light in Jess's eyes that
night.
Half an hour afterwards they sat down
as usual to supper. Bessie did not put in
IN appearance till il was a quarter over,
and then sat very silent through it, Jess
narrated her adventure in the Kloof. and
everybody listened, hut nobody said much.
There was sort OF shadow over the house
that evening, or perhaps it was that each
of the party was thinking of his own
affairs. After supper old Silas Croft began
talking OF the political state of the coun-
try, which gave him uneasiness. He said
that he believed the Beers really meant TO
rebel against the government this time.
| Frank Muller had told him so, and he
always knew what was going on. This
announcement did not tend to raise any
body's spirits, and the evening passed as
silently rs the meal had done. At Lost
Bessie got up, stretched her rounded arms,
and said that she was tired and going to
bed.
Come into my ROOM" she whispered
to her sister as she passed. 81 want to
speak to you"
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